Legal Clinic: Good News

The following is by community member Pat:

We had a great turnout for the Second Hispanic Legal Clinic last night. Amy (the lawyer) saw 9 individuals and families and stayed until almost 9:30 consulting with each. We had a number of volunteers come to help out, which was very helpful. The St. Vincent de Paul Society provided a large number of donated Cheryl's cookies and we had plenty of beverages. Next month, we would like to offer more food and snacks, as some people waited over 2 hours to be seen.

Angela from the Diocesan Latino Ministry Office (who co-sponsors this event) was consulting with families and helping to direct people. Fr. Pat stopped in and stayed for a while. He provided Spanish words for signs for both the Catholic Worker and the Food Pantry (the latter is a term which strangely does not translate easily into Spanish). We are looking for ways to direct people to the right door and have proper signs in place. We had to help all the first guests to find us, as some were walking around the parish complex looking for the Clinic.

Bev was on hand to distribute flyers for the English as a Second Language program that is starting up. She has taught ESL at St. James the Less before, and the new program will be at the Catholic Worker. More information will be coming about that shortly, as we are forming a volunteer program with tutors, class teacher and conversation partners!